Verspätung
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpeːtʊŋ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ver‧spä‧tung
Noun
Verspätung f (genitive Verspätung, plural Verspätungen)
Declension
Declension of Verspätung
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Verspätung | die | Verspätungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Verspätung | der | Verspätungen |
| dative | einer | der | Verspätung | den | Verspätungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Verspätung | die | Verspätungen |
Further reading
- “Verspätung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Verspätung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Verspätung” in Duden online
Verspätung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
